Nolte, 64, was arrested in Malibu in September 2002 after police spotted him driving erratically along the winding coast road. Dazed and drooling, he failed a sobriety test and three days later checked into a rehab center for three weeks.

He later pleaded no contest to driving under the influence of the banned "date rape" drug GHB which also acts as a sleeping aide and mood enhancer.